Hennesey
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| Hennesey | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, drama |
| Starring | Jackie Cooper Abby Dalton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Original run | 1959 – 1962 |
Hennesey is a 1959–1962 television series starring Jackie Cooper as an onshore Navy doctor and Abby Dalton as a stunning nurse. The series was midway between a comedy and a drama, and featured such guest stars as Charles Bronson, Marty Ingels, Jack Cassidy, Soupy Sales, and Frank Gorshin. The show ran on CBS in half-hour black and white episodes for three seasons.
The series was notable for an extremely catchy theme tune, a jazzy hornpipe played by tuba and piccolo. Hennesey was also innovative for being the first series to employ what has since become a standard device in television: beginning the dialog and action of each episode during the opening credits.
Scriptwriter Richard Baer wrote thirty-eight of Hennesey's episodes beginning in 1960, which earned him an Emmy nomination.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Writer Richard Baer dies at 79", Variety Magazine, 2008-02-25. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
[edit] External links
- Hennesey at the Internet Movie Database
- Hennesey at TV.com
